If ever there was a get-out-of-town case, this one is it: Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, the case that challenges the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform law. The justices can be expected to make a quick dash for the exits once they announce their decision,...

Keep your eyes on Hillary Clinton. Realpolitik has finally caught up with Obama's rhetorical presidency. And "the most important thing" in her life--Chelsea's wedding, if one is to believe Clinton's statement to Polish TV--is also finally over.

So what is the most ambitious woman in Washington to do now? Obviously,...

And so Elena Kagan's confirmation march to the Supreme Court plods on. The Judiciary Committee hearings are over but not the Senate babble nor the partisan maneuvering that will come, first in the committee vote, and then later in America's hot air heaven, the Senate floor.

This latest nomination has...

Constitutional hunting season is about to start again. The Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, at the end of this month. The sharp-shooters of strict constructionism, original intent, and judicial restraint have been deployed to take up their usual positions.

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